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The Implementation of Legally Binding Measures to Strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Budapest, Hungary, 2001 - Couverture souple

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9781402020971: The Implementation of Legally Binding Measures to Strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Budapest, Hungary, 2001
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ISBN 10 : 140202097X ISBN 13 : 9781402020971
Editeur : Springer Netherlands, 2008

Synopsis

Incidents of bioterrorism and biowarfare are likely to recur, leading to increased public concern and government action. The deficiencies of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) are in urgent need of attention: the BTWC is the central international agreement to prevent the proliferation of biological warfare programmes.

Uniquely, this book is written by diplomats involved in the decade-long effort (1991-2001) in which State Parties to the BTWC tried to agree a Protocol to the Convention with legally binding measures to strengthen its effectiveness, and academics concerned with the negotiations. Just before negotiations foundered, when the Chairman's proposed text was virtually complete, the problems and proposed solutions were examined thoroughly, leading to this book.

The book is wide-ranging in its review of the history of biological warfare, the reasons why the current biological revolution is of such concern, and the main features of the BTWC itself. The core of the book examines the key elements of the proposed protocol - declarations, visits, challenge-type investigations, and enhanced international cooperation - and the implications for government, industry and biodefence, giving us all a better understanding of what still remains to be done to avert a biowarfare catastrophe.

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Éditeur
Springer Netherlands
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
140202097X
ISBN 13 
9781402020971
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
308
Éditeur
Chevrier Marie Isabelle
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9781402020964: The Implementation Of Legally Binding Measures To Strengthen The Biological And Toxin Weapens Convention

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1402020961 ISBN 13 :  9781402020964
Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2004
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